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5 food storage tips.

You want to keep the food you buy and prepare - for as long as they are safe for you and your family, anyway. But how long is that? These 5 Food Storage Tips can help you decide what's safe to eat - and what you should toss.

how to clean cloudy crystal.

Finding clouding or a milky film on crystal glassware is frustrating, to say the least. How did it get this way? How do you clean it? Here's how to clean cloudy crystal.

6 kitchen organizing tips.

Your kitchen should be organized to make cooking, baking, storing food, family scheduling, feeding pets - virtually everything you do here daily - as simple and quick as possible. Here are 6 easy kitchen organizing tips to help make your kitchen more efficient daily.

10 family kitchen cleaning rules.

The kitchen is the room where everyone congregates, and as a result, it's usually one of the messiest rooms in the house. It's these activities especially that require an elevated level of housecleaning and organization. Enter the family kitchen cleaning rules.

how to read a food expiration label.

What does a food label "sell by" date really mean? How long is it good after that date? These safety guidelines aren't exactly self-explanatory at times. Here a four common terms you'll find on a food label - and what exactly that food label means.

kitchen clutter solutions.

Most kitchen clutter happens as kids come in from school and adults come home from work. As a result, we all dump whatever we're carrying - books, newspapers, mail - on the first solid surface inside the door. These kitchen clutter solutions can help.

easy oven cleaning tips.

A holiday pie or cheesy lasagna meltdown can turn your oven into a smoky, burnt, ooze-encrusted mess. The solution? These oven cleaning tips can help remove these and other unsightly messes.

kitchen cleaning with kids.

A recent study found that the top 5 germiest places in the home were in the kitchen: sponges and dishcloths, the sink drain area, the sink faucet handle, cutting boards, and the refrigerator handle. Here's how to start kitchen cleaning with kids.

Tara Aronson is a native Californian. Having grown up in San Diego, she studied journalism and Spanish to pursue a career in newspaper writing. Tara, whose three children - Chris, Lyndsay, and Payne - are the light of her life, now lives and writes in Los Angeles. She also regularly appears on television news programs throughout the U.S.